Strictly Come Dancing came out on top in the weekend ratings battle, attracting an average of 10 million or more on Saturday and Sunday.

Olympic cycling gold medalist Victoria Pendleton was voted off the BBC1 celebrity dance show on Sunday night, when Strictly averaged 10 million viewers and a 38.8% audience share from 7.15pm for the weekly results edition.

On Saturday Strictly averaged 10.3 million viewers and a 42.3% share from 6.45pm.

ITV1's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! averaged 8.5 million and 38.1% from 9.45pm on Saturday; and 10 million (9.5 million excluding ITV1 +1) and 38.3% from 9pm on Sunday.

The X Factor Results averaged 9.3 million and a 34.8% share on Sunday from 8pm, while Saturday's outing for the show had 8.2 million and 34% from 8pm.

Strictly faced direct competition on Sunday from ITV1's Surprise Surprise (4.2 million/16.7%) and on Saturday from the same channel's Take Me Out (3.2 million/13%).

On Sunday, I'm a Celebrity was up against the second episode of BBC1's ghost drama The Secret of Crickley Hall (5.3 million/19.1%), BBC2's Dragons' Den (1.7 million/6.1%, including 59,000 on BBC HD), Channel 4's Homeland (2.3 million/8.2%) and Channel 5's Tribute to Larry Hagman (700,000/2.6%).

On Sunday The X Factor was up against BBC1's Antiques Roadshow (5.9 million/22.2%), BBC2's Return to Forgotten Britain (1 million/3.8%, including 13,000 on BBC HD) and the final episode of Channel 4 documentary series How Britain Worked (1.3 million/4.9%).

The previous night the ITV1 show was head to head with the eighth episode of what has been confirmed as the last series of BBC1's Merlin (5.8 million/23.8%) and Casualty (3.7 million/15.3%).

Evergreen thinking

Peep Show, Channel 4's longest-running sitcom, returned for its eighth series on Sunday night with 1.1 million viewers and a 5.1% audience share from 10pm.

But The Killing was still the second most-watched show outside the five main channels on Saturday, beaten only by an ITV3 repeat of Foyle's War (8pm: 983,000/4.1%).

All ratings are Barb overnight figures, including live, +1 (except for BBC channels) and same day timeshifted (recorded) viewing, but excluding on demand, or other – unless otherwise stated. Figures for BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 generally include ratings for their HD simulcast services, unless otherwise stated

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